Why we need a better economy? Bill Gates is the exception

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Radio Show Date: February 20th, 2018

We need an economic system where a Bill Gates or Koch Brothers impossible

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When one of my listeners became aware that I was going to be using Bill Gates as the poster boy for the rich, he was not very happy. Why?

“Do you know that Bill Gates single-handedly cured polio?” he said.

“How so,” I asked. ”

“He through a lot of money at it,” he replied. “So remember that Bill Gates and many other wealthy people are not bad. You should make that quite clear.”

Yes, I know that was sort of hyperbole given that many worked on eradicating it. But he played a huge recent part in its virtual eradication.

My goal is not to knock the good wealthy person or the bad selfish wealthy person for that matter. My goal is to expose an economic system where they could aggregate the worth of others and make it solely their own.

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